Sharing my passion for Creativity

October 2013

October 31, 2013

It's a rainy day here and as I type this up, we have only had about 40 trick or treaters. The girls are excited as it means more chocolate for us!!

On the weekend, my friend Rebecca shared this fun Frankenstein card made with the Circle Thinlit Card die. As soon as I saw I knew that I had to share it last night with my downline team! Thanks for Rebecca!!

October 30, 2013

I finally get to share my exciting news with you!! Back in the summer, Dale H (President of our Canada office) sent out an email to all demonstrator's looking for auditions for the Team Canada Artisan. The Artisan winner's would then create special projects for Stampin' Up! Canada. At the last minute I decided to enter and was so excited when Dale called me in September to tell me that I was chosen as one of the Artisans!!

For the contest I had to submit 2 projects using the Build a Banner kit. One of the projects had to use only the accessories in the kit and the other was to use the kit with other products.

So for my first project which was only using the Build a Banner Kit, I chose to create a Fall Mini Album. I used the canvas banners in the kit for my pages, and added details by inked the background with the stencils. Then I added details to my pages by distressing with ink, and using twine to create bows.

I used our Circle Framelits to create a layer for my pictures from the canvas!

Here is one of the inside pages.

My other exciting news is my first assignment was to create 8 projects using a specific stamp set and designer series paper for Stampin' Up Saturdays on Scrapbook and Cards Today blog. Catherine from Scrapbook and Cards Today has chosen 5 of my projects to be showcase on their blog this Saturday. I'm so excited and can't wait to share them with all of you. I will be sharing a link with you on Saturday to the blog.

I have one more project to share with you using the Banner Kit and I will share that on Friday with you.

October 29, 2013

While I was at the crop on the weekend, I had a chance to do some MDSing. I was looking for some inspiration so I headed to Pinterest to look for some scrapbook layout sketches. I came across one that I really liked and started to create!

The one thing that drew me to this sketch was the all the Hexagons and how it was filled with different colours of pattern paper.

I still need to do some journaling on this page, but I love how it turned out!! Don't forget to check out this week's new Digital downloads, and the new weekly deals. You can check them out here

October 28, 2013

We had a blast this past weekend at our annual Scrap and Crop Weekend Event. The room was filled with ambitious ladies that got right down to working on their project whether it was cards, layouts, 3D or craft show items to sell. They scrapped till the room closed which was midnight each night.

When I got yesterday afternoon, I had a hour and half nap, I guess I was tired!! I hope you can attend the next one in the Spring with us!!

Since Halloween is only a few days away, I thought I would share some Halloween Swaps with you. My swap card today is from my friend Catherine Sanders!

I love how she used Circles to highlight the candies on the card since that is what Halloween is all about.

So what is your favourite halloween candy to hand out? Ours is chocolate!!

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October 27, 2013

While back my friend Annie P showed us how to make these adorable snowman using the new Gift Bow die as part of her shoebox swap. As soon as I saw him, I knew that I had to show my Christmas Club ladies!

It was so fun to watch them stamp and assembly their snowman and the there was NO two alike. Some were really chubbby, others skinny and some that were very Cheery!!

Here is a close up of them....

I have had many request for a video sharing how I made the 3D Snowman,and I finally had a chance to film it. Please let me know if you have any questions. Enjoy!!

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Stamp: Christmas Messages and Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Island Indigo and Basic Grey

Card Stock: Whiper White, Black, and Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Twine, Twigs, Cherry Cobbler Ribbon and Chalk Marker Pen

Tools: Big Shot Machine, and Gift Box Die

Punches: Decorative, 1 3/4" Circle, 2 1/2" Circle and 1/2" Circle

These little guys will make the best gifts for famiy and friends! Don't forget you only have a few days to take advantage of the Weekly Deals and the 25% off on 25 Stamps!

Wow, that's alot of amazing specials going on right now!! If you would like to take advantage of these specials you can place an order through my ONLINE Store or you can email me. If you place an order ONLINE, make sure you enter this HOSTESS CODE in MTCBPWXD for you chance to win FREE Hostess Benefits from now till Oct 28.

October 26, 2013

It's Scrap and Crop time!! We are here again from the beautiful town of Stratford for our annual Scrap and Crop weekend event!! The room is full and the ladies have been very busy working on their layouts, cards and 3D projects!

It's so nice to see familiar faces and to meet new ones and I can't wait to help you with all your projects this weekend!!

I thought I would share my displays with you!!

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For this Scrap and Crop I wanted to focus more on Scrapbook for the ladies and show them a variety of ways that you can use our products in your scrapbooks!

October 25, 2013

I have seen so many cute idea's with Mason jars on Pinterest and always wanted to give it a try. I was so excited when my friend Renee showed us how to make this super cute set as part of her Shoebox swap. Thanks for the fun idea Renee!!

These would make great gifts for teachers, family and friends for Christmas. I can't wait to make some of these for gifts!

Wow, that's alot of amazing specials going
on right now!! If you would like to take advantage of these specials you
can place an order through my ONLINE Store or you can email me. If you
place an order ONLINE, make sure you enter this HOSTESS CODE in MTCBPWXD for you chance to win FREE Hostess Benefits from now till Oct 28.

October 22, 2013

Sorry for the lacking of posting this past weekend. I have been so busy with prepping for Scrap and Crop weekend along with my classes and clubs that by the time I sat down I was beyond tired and just need to chillin. I appreciate you stopping by and have tons of fun things to show you I just need a good sunny day so I can take some pictures!!

On Saturday, we had our 3rd Christmas Stamp a Stack. The ladies had fun making 12 cards (3 each of 4 designs). This was one of their favourite cards that day!! I was inspired by one that I saw on Pinterest!!

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A few weeks ago, a few of my friends and I got together for an afternoon of stampin! We decided it would be fun to do a Shoebox swap and dinner. My friend Marja hosted this month and did a fabulous job. When we sat down in her beautiful studio she had gift bags waiting for all us at our spots! Inside the gift bag was a chocolate bar decorated inside this beautiful holder. She created the label in My Digital Studio and then adhere it to card stock to create this fabulous gift!

Sorry for the glare on the photo, it wouldn't allow me to capture a close up photo!

Wow, that's alot of amazing specials going on right now!! If you would like to take advantage of these specials you can place an order through my ONLINE Store or you can email me. If you place an order ONLINE, make sure you enter this HOSTESS CODE in MTCBPWXD for you chance to win FREE Hostess Benefits from now till Oct 28.

October 18, 2013

In the spirit of surprises starting today
Stampin' Up! is offering weekly deals in our online store that will
change every Tuesday. I encourage you to check these out and place an
order, as supply is only available while they last! The discounted
price will appear in your shopping bag when you check out. These
products can also be placed on orders with me, your demonstrator:)

Weekly Deals from Tues Oct 15 to Monday Oct 21

If you would like to take advantage of these you can either order online thru my store OR you can email me your order as I have orders going in this weekend.